The AFrican elephant is the largest land animal in the word.It measures 4 measures4metres tall and weighs up to 6 tons. It is strictly a herbivore.It has two main enemies-the farmer and the poacher.
Poaschers" hunt the African elephants for their expensive
tusks. The African elephants often encroach into farmlands in search of food. Farmers kill the adult elephants when efforts to drive them away fail. Baby elephants,on the other hand,and captured and sent to zoos and circuses.